TORRINGTON – Nobody runs from Dunkin’. A Manchester man learned that firsthand after 10 police departments charged him with 22 separate burglaries at Dunkin’ Donuts across the state following an alleged spree that included shops in New Hartford, Torrington and…

With winter quickly approaching, local municipalities hope their snow-removal, salt and sand budgets will get them through a season that could turn nasty earlier than usual. John J. Bagioni, a meteorologist for Fax Alert Weather Service in Burlington, predicts a…

HARWINTON – Republican Michael R. Criss won a fourth term as first selectman Tuesday, beating Democrat Payton Turpin, a physician without any political experience, by a commanding 917 votes. Criss won with 1,383 votes. His running mate, Evan Brunetti, garnered…

BURLINGTON – The new state budget is very good news for employees of Region 10 schools. Superintendent Alan Beitman has rescinded layoff notices upon hearing that the district, which serves students of Harwinton and Burlington, would not lose more than…

The water your child drinks at school could include dangerous lead – and depending on the school district, nobody may be checking to find out. The dangers of lead exposure for children are well-documented, and some Waterbury parents’ fears were…

Cheshire Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Solan realized his worst-case scenario of the state budget crisis last week, when the town received the first of three state Education Cost Sharing Grant payments to come this fiscal year. That first October payment,…

BURLINGTON – Region 10 Board of Education candidate Jack Gedney was paid more than $300,000 to read newspapers and scroll on his phone in a windowless room just outside the superintendent’s office for two school years, a Sunday Republican investigation…

A record-setting heat wave that sent temperatures soaring into the lower 90s in some areas over the past week is expected to end today. However, following a cool-down this weekend, weather forecasters expect the pattern of unseasonably warm weather to…

HARTFORD – A sea of blue and white circled the Capitol on Sunday, signs raised high to protest education cuts proposed in the state budget. More than 60 Region 10 students came to march in Bushnell Park dressed in their…